Sourdough Discard Zucchini Bread
baking-sense.com · 2025 · 14 slices
Against 243 zucchini bread recipes
Less fat than 98% of recipes and more zucchini than 92%.
How it compares
Against the typical loaf: the median of 243 zucchini bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less fat than 98% of recipes: 18% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 52%, about half as much.
- More zucchini than 92% of recipes: 160% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 88%.
- Less egg than 87% of recipes: 35% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 44%.
- No spice at all, where 68% of recipes use some (most of those 1.2 to 2.1% of the flour weight).
Ingredients (12)
- 16 oz zucchini (2-3 medium)454 g
- 10 oz all purpose flour (2 cups, see note)284 g
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder≈ 7 g
- ½ teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
- ½ teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
- 10 oz granulated sugar (1 ¼ cups)284 g
- 8 oz sourdough discard (1 cup)227 g
- 1 ¾ oz vegetable oil (¼ cup)50 g
- 2 large eggs≈ 100 g
- zest from 2 lemons (very finely grated)n/a
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 2 oz lemon juice (¼ cup)57 g
- 2 oz granulated sugar (¼ cup)57 g
flour 284 gbatter 1410 g
≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.
Baker's percentages
Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 243 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.
- Zucchini160% · 93rd percentile · median 88%
- Sugar100% · 55th percentile · median 96%
- Fat18% · 1st percentile · median 52%
- Egg35% · 13th percentile · median 44%
- Spice0% · 16th percentile · median 1.2%
- Leavening3.5% · 54th percentile · median 3.3%
- Salt1.1% · 35th percentile · median 1.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 50 to 55 minutes
- median 55 minutes
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